Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Intel products - CVE-2020-8671
Published: September 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU46553
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8671
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions, which leads to security restrictions bypass in BIOS firmware 8th, 9th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) Processors and Intel(R) Celeron(R) Processor 4000 Series. A remote user on the local network can send specially crafted data to the system and gain access to sensitive information.
Affected software
Intel Celeron Processor 4000 Series
Intel® Celeron® Processor 5000 Series
10th Generation Intel Core Processors
8th Generation Intel Core Processors
9th Generation Intel Core Processors
Intel® Celeron® Processor 5000 Series
10th Generation Intel Core Processors
8th Generation Intel Core Processors
9th Generation Intel Core Processors
How to mitigate CVE-2020-8671
Intel recommends that users of above Intel® products update to the
latest BIOS version provided by the system manufacturer that addresses
these issues.